Pola del Monte is a journalist, media literacy advocate, and communication consultant for Fortune 500 companies and global entities such as UN Women. She has bylines in CNN, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and SPOT.ph, where she writes about culture and society.
She demystifies the power of the written word through her Instagram account Miss Chief Editor, for which she was hailed a Cosmo Women of Influence 2024 awardee as "The Wordsmith".
Pola majored in English at the University of the Philippines Diliman and, in true Elle Woods fashion, pursued graduate studies in Business Communications at Harvard, earning a 3.78 GPA—what, like it’s hard?
She honed her reporting and research skills at economic newspaper BusinessWorld where she rose through the ranks from staff writer to assistant editor to founding editor of SparkUp, the paper's successor targeting the new generation of startup founders and entrepreneurs. Due to the instability of the print industry, she transferred to an award-winning digital marketing agency in Singapore and honed her skills in social media advertising and search engine optimization (SEO). Her combined experience in traditional and new media proved useful in 2022 when she launched Miss Chief Editor: an Instagram page promoting media literacy and practical writing skills using real-world examples and pop culture references to help Filipinos break the glass ceiling.
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Miss Chief Editor is an independent new media initiative. To support this advocacy, you may donate, request an interview, propose a partnership or send a speakership invitation for your event.
Pola's work centers on how discourse creates or maintains power in society. She conducts writing workshops and media trainings, advises multinational organizations on their communication strategies, as well as delivers talks on how to be more critical in the face of massive disinformation.
Her goal for Miss Chief Editor is to make its values and advocacies more mainstream so that more Filipinos, as well as people from similarly historically colonized or impoverished countries, can use media and language to uplift and empower women and other marginalized sectors of society.
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Social media content
Follow on InstagramFollowed mostly by Filipino millennials and Gen Zers who want to break the glass ceiling, Miss Chief Editor posts about writing, communication, and social issues — laced with pop culture references.
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Professional writing workshops
View workshopsWorkshops allow participants to hone their written communication skills in a more structured setting. These are offered online with multiple sessions to promote inclusivity.
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Speaking engagements
Send an invitationMiss Chief Editor has spoken at seminars, conducted corporate trainings and moderated panels hosted by trusted and vetted partners.
Organizations she’s worked with
